B1.1b Lipids
11 review questions with answers for B1.1b Lipids, marked SL. Read them here, or play the set as a class game on the projector. Free to host, and students join with a code.
What are the key elements that compose lipids?
- Hydrolysis
- Glycerol
- CHO(P)Right answer
- Steroid
All 11 questions and answers
What are the key elements that compose lipids?
Answer: CHO(P)
What lipid is formed from one glycerol and three fatty acids?
Answer: Triglyceride
What is the 3-carbon alcohol that forms the backbone of triglycerides?
Answer: Glycerol
General name for a long hydrocarbon chain ending in a carboxyl group (-COOH), saturated or not?
Answer: Fatty acid
What term describes the bond linking fatty acids to glycerol in triglycerides?
Answer: Ester bond
Fatty acid with no C=C double bonds; solid at room temp?
Answer: Saturated fatty acid
Fatty acid with one or more C=C double bonds; liquid at room temp?
Answer: Unsaturated fatty acid
Lipid with a hydrophilic phosphate head and two hydrophobic tails?
Answer: Phospholipid
Lipid with a four-ring structure (e.g., cholesterol, estrogen)?
Answer: Steroid
Animal tissue that stores triglycerides for energy and thermal insulation?
Answer: Adipose tissue
Reaction that splits a triglyceride into glycerol and three fatty acids?
Answer: Hydrolysis
Play it as a class game
Play this set opens it in splycr, where you can host it for your class straight away. Hosting needs no account: put the room code on the projector, and students join from a phone with the code and their first name. Each question plays as multiple choice, and the three wrong options are other answers from the same set.